Section 405IAC1-14.6-20. Nursing facilities reimbursement for therapy services

   (a) Therapy services provided to Medicaid members by nursing facilities are included in the established rate. Under no circumstances shall therapies for nursing facility residents be billed to Medicaid through any provider. Therapy services for nursing facility residents that are reimbursed by other payor sources shall not be reimbursed by Medicaid.

  (b) For purposes of determining allowable therapy costs, the office shall adjust each provider's cost of therapy services reported on the Nursing Facility Financial Report, including any employee benefits prorated based on total salaries and wages, to account for non-Medicaid payers, including Medicare, of therapy services provided to nursing facility residents. Such adjustment shall be applied to each cost report in order to remove reported costs attributable to therapy services reimbursed by other payers. The adjustment shall be calculated based on an allocation of reported therapy revenues and shall be subject to field audit verification. (Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 1-14.6-20; filed Aug 12, 1998, 2:27 p.m.: 22 IR 81, eff Oct 1, 1998; filed Mar 2, 1999, 4:42 p.m.: 22 IR 2247; readopted filed Jun 27, 2001, 9:40 a.m.: 24 IR 3822; filed Mar 18, 2002, 3:30 p.m.: 25 IR 2470; readopted filed Sep 19, 2007, 12:16 p.m.: 20071010-IR-405070311RFA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2013, 3:18 p.m.: 20131127-IR-405130241RFA; filed Aug 1, 2016, 3:44 p.m.: 20160831-IR-405150418FRA)